On November 9, the DOJ and DHS adopted an interim final rule that bars aliens from receiving asylum if they are subject to a presidential proclamation suspending or limiting entry into the U.S. across the Mexican border.

A new analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies of the latest Census Bureau data, which includes legal and illegal immigrants, shows that the size of the Central American immigrant population (from Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) has grown enormously in recent decades.

As the caravan of primarily Central American migrants advancing toward the U.S.-Mexico border continues to grow, several key issues have emerged for U.S. lawmakers and those involved in the national immigration debate:

On November 9, the DOJ and DHS adopted an interim final rule that bars aliens from receiving asylum if they are subject to a presidential proclamation suspending or limiting entry into the U.S. across the Mexican border.

A new analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies of the latest Census Bureau data, which includes legal and illegal immigrants, shows that the size of the Central American immigrant population (from Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) has grown enormously in recent decades.

As the caravan of primarily Central American migrants advancing toward the U.S.-Mexico border continues to grow, several key issues have emerged for U.S. lawmakers and those involved in the national immigration debate:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) jointly announced that they have "modernized the recruitment requirements for employers seeking H-2B nonimmigrant workers." This proposed change was published in the Federal Register.

Population growth in the United States is almost entirely driven by the federal government's immigration policy. The Census Bureau predicts that the nation's population will grow from 325.5 million today to 403.7 million by 2060 — and 96 percent of that increase of 78 million people is due to the current historically high level of immigration. As both Americans and as global citizens, we have an obligation to consider how such rapid growth might impact the planet around us.

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States.